Re:The Invigorating Strangeness of Friedrich Nietzsche
by AnimalMuppet on Friday April 05, 2019 @11:00PM
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> At the heart of Nietzsche's philosophical project are attempts to re-ground morality on something other than the crumbling foundations of 'Western values.'
And in the process of doing so, he did a really good job of destroying what was left of traditional western values. The problem was, he didn't build anything adequate in their place. That doesn't necessarily make him evil. But it left the road wide open for those who were evil to use his destruction of values as their rationale for not having any (or rather, for having an evil set of values, and actions to match).
> If you can't get more than 'do what you want' from reading Nietzsche, that's not his failing.
It can be. He's not known for clarity. That's on him.
And in the process of doing so, he did a really good job of destroying what was left of traditional western values. The problem was, he didn't build anything adequate in their place. That doesn't necessarily make him evil. But it left the road wide open for those who were evil to use his destruction of values as their rationale for not having any (or rather, for having an evil set of values, and actions to match).
> If you can't get more than 'do what you want' from reading Nietzsche, that's not his failing.
It can be. He's not known for clarity. That's on him.